Decision feedback equalizer with dynamic feedback control
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD
- Publication Date
- 2005-09-01
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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[0001] This is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 768,408, filed Jan. 30, 2004, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 322,024, filed Dec. 17, 2002, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 290,571, filed Nov. 8, 2002.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present invention relates to signal transmission and detection, and in particular, to techniques for compensating for signal distortions caused by signal dispersion and nonlinearities within the signal transmission media.
[0004] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0005] Signal processing architectures for intersymbol interference (ISI) equalization as used for communications transmission and / or storage systems may be divided into two categories: discrete-time architecture and continuous-time architecture. Discrete-time architectures, commonly used in current systems, use a sampled approach t...